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Remove-EcpVirtualDirectory

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Remove-*

Remove Exchange Control Panel (ECP) virtual directories from Internet Information Services (IIS) on Microsoft Exchange servers. The ECP virtual directory manages the Exchange admin center. The ECP web management interface was introduced in Exchange Server 2010. In Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Server 2016, the EAC virtual directories and the corresponding management cmdlets still use ECP in the name. You can use these cmdlets to manage ECP virtual directories on Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016 servers.

Quick start script

# Remove-EcpVirtualDirectory — quick start (serv365.ai)
# 1. Connect (app-only shown; interactive: omit the certificate parameters)
Connect-ExchangeOnline -CertificateThumbprint $thumb -AppId $appId -Organization $org

# 2. Capture the current state first — you cannot roll back what you never recorded
$before = Get-EcpVirtualDirectory
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change (dry run first)
Remove-EcpVirtualDirectory -Identity <VirtualDirectoryIdParameter> -WhatIf
Remove-EcpVirtualDirectory -Identity <VirtualDirectoryIdParameter>

# 4. Verify and diff
$after = Get-EcpVirtualDirectory
Compare-Object ($before | Out-String) ($after | Out-String)

Syntax

Remove-EcpVirtualDirectory [-Identity] <VirtualDirectoryIdParameter>
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (4)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	VirtualDirectoryIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the ECP virtual directory that you want to remove. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the virtual directory. For example:
-Confirm	SwitchParameter		The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on whether the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.
-DomainController	Fqdn		The DomainController parameter specifies the domain controller that's used by this cmdlet to read data from or write data to Active Directory. You identify the domain controller by its fully qualified domain name...
-WhatIf	SwitchParameter		The WhatIf switch shows what the command does without making any changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

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